Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 21, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Aug 7, 2005, 2:16 PM EDT for Rutherford County, North Carolina. It was in force for 54 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 7, 2005, 2:16 PM EDT (18:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2005, 3:10 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Rutherford County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 2:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Harris, NC | POSTAL CARRIER REPORTS CANOPY AWNING BLOWN OFF HOUSE AND MANY SMALL LIMBS DOWN IN ROAD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 199 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 429 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 790 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KGSP 071817 TORGSP NCC161-071915- /O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0021.050807T1816Z-050807T1915Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 216 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 315 PM EDT * AT 213 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CLIFFSIDE...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF GAFFNEY...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... CLIFFSIDE AROUND 225 PM EDT... 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ELLENBORO AROUND 255 PM EDT... FOREST CITY...SPINDALE AND RUTHERFORDTON AROUND 315 PM EDT... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IN A HOME OR BUSINESS IS AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. STAY AWAY FROM DOORS AND WINDOWS. LAT...LON 3520 8191 3518 8167 3546 8180 3533 8207 $$ OUTLAW
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KGSP 071838 SVSGSP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 237 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2005 NCC161-071915- /O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050807T1915Z/ RUTHERFORD NC- 237 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 315 PM EDT FOR RUTHERFORD COUNTY... AT 233 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 2 MILES EAST OF HARRIS...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RUTHERFORDTON...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HARRIS AROUND 245 PM EDT... ALEXANDER MILLS AROUND 300 PM EDT... FOREST CITY AROUND 310 PM EDT... SPINDALE AND RUTHERFORDTON AROUND 315 PM EDT... LAT...LON 3520 8191 3518 8167 3546 8180 3533 8207 $$ MCAVOY
000 WWUS52 KGSP 071910 SVSGSP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 309 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2005 NCC161-071919- /O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050807T1915Z/ RUTHERFORD NC- 309 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR RUTHERFORD COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKENED AND A TORNADO IS NO LONGER INDICATED BY WEATHER RADAR...SO THE TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED. A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA WILL MOVE NORTH INTO THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING RUTHERFORD COUNTY...THROUGH 4 PM. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE RAIN AT THE RATE OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. LAT...LON 3520 8191 3518 8167 3546 8180 3533 8207 $$ MOORE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 2:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Polk | 35 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.